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Your hologram doctor will see you now

Texas hospital uses holograms for doctor visits, Crescent Regional Hospital becomes the first US hospital to deploy holographic consultations at scale.

Published 1 July 2024

A holographic doctor speaking with a patient at Crescent Regional Hospital.

The future of healthcare is no longer a future. Crescent Regional Hospital in Texas became the first US hospital to deploy hologram technology for doctor-patient consultations, using Holoconnects' Holobox to connect doctors and patients across distance with the immediacy of an in person visit.

How a hologram visit works

The patient sits in a consultation room with a Holobox. The doctor, physically located anywhere, sometimes in a different city, appears as a life size hologram inside the Holobox, in real time. Body language is intact, eye contact works, the conversation flows like a normal appointment.

For follow-ups, second opinions, multilingual care, and specialist consults from a regional clinic, the model is operationally simpler than any video call: the patient doesn't need an account, an app, or a device, they just walk into the room.

Why this matters beyond Texas

Healthcare access is gated by geography. A holographic specialist effectively makes location irrelevant, the same clinician serves three sites in one afternoon without leaving the central hospital. As US health systems and pharmacy chains expand the model, holographic care becomes one of the credible answers to the broader healthcare workforce squeeze.

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